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WPIAL Soccer brackets
Bentworth boys head to Station Square Saturday afternoon in search of a fourth consecutive WPIAL soccer championship. The Bearcats face off against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the team they beat in each of the past two title matches. The Bentworth girls play Riverview Thursday in state qualifier match with only the winner advancing to the PIAA tournament, set to begin Tuesday. The Trinity boys lost to West Allegheny Wednesday night in their state qualifier match, ending the Hillers’ season.

State Qualifiers (winners only advance to PIAA tournament)
Wednesday, Nov. 4
3A Boys #3 West Allegheny over #4 Trinity, 6-1

Thursday, Nov. 5
1A Girls #5 Bentworth vs. #6 Riverview, 6 pm at Avonworth

WPIAL Championship at Station Square
Saturday, Nov. 7
1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #3 OLSH, 5:45 pm

WPIAL Volleyball brackets
Peters Township volleyball won, Waynesburg lost their semifinal matches Wednesday night. The WPIAL championships are set for Peters Township’s AHN Arena. 1A & 6A finals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5. The other four championship matches will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Fort Cherry’s hopes of reaching the finals ended in a 5-set loss to #3 Frazier. The Rangers play #4 Shenango Thursday in the WPIAL third-place match to determine seeding into the PIAA brackets. All three teams from the two-county area have clinched state tournament bids.

Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 4
3A #3 Avonworth over #2 Waynesburg, 3-1 (25-22, 25-13, 16-25, 25-22)
5A #1 Peters Township over #4 Penn-Trafford, 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-16)

Third-Place Matches
Thursday, Nov. 5
2A #2 Fort Cherry vs. #4 Shenango, 7 pm at OLSH

Saturday, Nov. 7 (time to be announced)
3A #2 Waynesburg vs. #3 Seton-La Salle

WPIAL Championship at AHN Arena, Peters Township
Saturday, Nov. 7
5A #1 Peters Township vs. #2 North Catholic, 5:30 pm

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions All-Pro linebacker Jack Campbell says he has full movement in his lower body and is continuing to make progress with movement in his upper body days after he was carted off the field on a backboard during a game against the Minnesota Vikings. Campbell suffered a neck injury early in the fourth quarter of the 19-15 win over the Vikings on Sunday. He was alert and breathing when he was taken to the hospital, where he has been recovering since his injury. Campbell says “I know there’s still work ahead, but I remain very optimistic.”

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Malachi Toney, the star receiver for top-ranked Miami and a Heisman Trophy candidate, has been scheduled for surgery to address a high ankle sprain and will be sidelined for multiple weeks, a person with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday night. The initial timeline for Toney’s recovery won’t be known until after the surgery, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the player nor the school revealed those details publicly. It is a huge blow to the Hurricanes (8-0, No. 1 College Football Playoff), who play a showdown game at No. 4 Notre Dame (7-1, No. 11 CFP) on Saturday — and now will do so without one of the nation’s most dynamic players.